Pink, Dangal: top hits
Andrea Tariang, Kirti Kulhari, Tapsee Pannu, Zaira Wasim, Suhani Bhatnagar, Fatima Sana Sheikh, Sanya Malhotra — who are these girls? Without doubt, the most loved actors of 2016. We say this, because they were the faces of the two most talked about movies of the year. Both set around the lives of women — one (Pink) in urban India; the other (Dangal), in rural. One zeroed in on the insecurities and fears of being single in a city. The other showed girls from Haryana realising dreams that were justifiably theirs to achieve. One (Pink) became the biggest sleeper hit of 2016. The other (Dangal), the highest opening weekender at the BO. Both reflected a new, progressively feminist India. Let’s not nit-pick on semantics of that point. Look at the larger picture. This change, we reckon, is irreversible.